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Health & Safety
 Comet Ridge Resources is commited to a safe workplace.
It is firmly believed that:
• No business objective takes priority over the health and safety of people;
• Injuries resulting from work are preventable;
• No task is so important or urgent that it cannot be done safely; and
• Without diminishing management’s obligations, the responsibility and accountability for health and safety rests with the individual
All Comet Ridge Resources personnel share the responsibility of ensuring the safety of all persons in the workplace, including the offices. Employees are expected to:
• Adhere to safe work practices, instructions, rules and statutory regulations
• Perform all tasks in a safe manner
• Ensure that nobody works in an unsafe / unhealthy situation or in an unsafe manner
• Identify and Isolate all dangerous situations and promptly reporting all accidents or incidents, unsafe practices and conditions
• Co-operate with fellow workers to ensure that everyone's responsibilities are fulfilled
Acceptance of these responsibilities by all parties, and the development of a team attitude to safety and training, is essential for the development and maintenance of a safe and healthy working environment.
Environment
Comet Ridge Resources is committed to developing resources in an environmentally responsible manner and shall conduct all activities in a manner consistent with the principles of Sustainable Development.
Activities shall be planned and implemented in a sustainable way to ensure impacts to the environment are either avoided or kept to an acceptable level.
To meet these commitments Comet Ridge Resources and its contractors shall strive to:
• Adopt best practice management strategies and implement continual improvement programs
• Manage environmental matters as a critical business activity
• Comply with applicable environmental laws and regulations
• Delay or stop activities where effective environmental mitigation controls are not in place to manage identified hazards
• Apply a systematic approach to reduce impacts to the biological, physical and social environments and ensure continuous improvement in environmental performance
• Where possible reduce energy use, emissions, waste and discharges
• Require contractors to manage the environment in line with this policy
• Communicate openly with all employees, contractors, Government and the wider community regarding environmental matters
• Set targets and regularly monitor, audit and report performance against those targets; and
• Where appropriate provide support to environmental research, education and training to promote an awareness ethic within Comet Ridge Resources, its contractors and the wider community
We are privileged to operate in some spectacular areas that demand special attention to preserving the environment. We seek to minimise surface impacts and also to limit visual and audible impact on our neighbours and the wildlife. Operations on our projects in the State of Washington will require close liaison with forestry operations and also wildlife expert
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